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🧂 To add salt 🥩 To preserve with salt
to salinize

to salinize

7.5
To preserve food by adding salt so it lasts longer
  • verb
  • /ˈseɪlɪnaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : salinizar
  • Before refrigeration, people would salinize meat to keep it from spoiling.

Examples

  • They salinized the fish to preserve it.

  • The chef decided to salinize the fish before cooking it over the fire.

  • Farmers sometimes salinize vegetables to preserve them for the winter months.

  • We need to salinize these vegetables before canning.

  • Before refrigeration, people would salinize meat to keep it from spoiling.

  • The chef decided to salinize the fish before cooking it over the fire.

  • We need to salinize these vegetables before canning.

Synonyms

to preserve
vsto salinize
65 3.2

To stop food from going bad so it lasts longer

is only about using salt to preserve, not other methods
to salt
vsto salinize
31 1.0

To put small white crystals on food to make it taste better or last longer

is about adding a common mineral to make food last longer
to cure
vsto salinize
26 4.6

Preserve food, for example by drying or salting

focuses only on salt treatment rather than various methods
to brine
vsto salinize
8 4.8

To soak food in very salty water to keep it and add flavor

uses salt to preserve by making food salty for storage
to corn
vsto salinize
8 9.0

To preserve meat by using salt

focuses on adding salt to preserve foods
to salinate
vsto salinize
  • Specialized
1 7.2

To make something salty by adding salt

is about adding salt to preserve food, not just making salty
to dun
vsto salinize
  • Archaic
9.9

To keep meat or fish from spoiling by salting

uses salt treatment to preserve food generally
to salten
vsto salinize
  • Archaic
9.9

To add salt to food, often to preserve or flavor it

applies salt specifically to prevent decay by salting

How Salty

to cure
26 4.6
to salinize
  • Specialized
7.5
to salt
31 1.0
to season
43 1.7

Surface Forms

salinize infinitive
salinized past
salinized past participle
salinizing present participle
salinizes third person singular

Morphology

salinize = saline (semi-transparent) = salin + ize

Formed from 'saline' + '-ize' meaning 'to make salty'; the derivation is regular but relies on the less common adjective 'saline'.

Etymology

Salinize comes from the Latin root sal, meaning 'salt', the same root you see in salt and saline. So, to salinize food is to 'make it salty' to preserve it, much like salting meat to keep it from spoiling.